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  Edinburgh (AFP) Jan 27, 2018 Britain's defence minister Gavin Williamson said a new radar off Scotland's Shetland Islands would help tackle the "severe and real" threat from Moscow. In a return to the Cold War days when Shetland had hosted an early warning radar, the new Royal Air Force facility is being built to track unidentified military or civilian aircraft. "We will always protect our skies from Russian aggression," Williamson said Friday, describing the radar as vital to British defences. "Russia's actions are not ... read more |
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S. Korea urges North to talk before military drills restartSeoul (AFP) Jan 26, 2018 The Winter Olympics will offer only a brief respite from tensions over North Korea's nuclear ambitions, the South's unification minister warned Friday, urging Pyongyang to seize the opportunity to talk to Washington. ... more 
Japan calls on China to up N. Korea cooperationBeijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2018 Japan's foreign minister called on China to increase cooperation on curbing North Korea's nuclear weapons programme Sunday during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing. ... more  
Japan, China talks end with friendship vows but no breakthroughBeijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2018 Japan's foreign minister met China's top leadership Sunday for rare diplomatic talks that ended with mutual vows to improve their chilly ties but little in the way of concrete proposals. ... more 
Moscow says UK defence minister worthy 'of Monty Python'Moscow (AFP) Jan 26, 2018 Moscow on Friday said the British defence secretary had stepped beyond "the boundaries of reason" after he accused Russia of planning to create chaos in the UK that could "cause thousands and thousands of deaths". ... more |
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NIST's superconducting synapse may be missing piece for 'artificial brains'Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a superconducting switch that "learns" like a biological system and could connect processors and store memories in ... more  
Lockheed Martin Receives $459 Million THAAD Interceptor ContractDallas TX (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a $459 million contract modification for production and delivery of interceptors for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weap ... more 
Let's make a deal: Could AI compromise better than humans?Provo, UT (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 Computers can play a pretty mean round of chess and keep up with the best of their human counterparts in other zero-sum games. But teaching them to cooperate and compromise instead of compete? ... more  
Backgrounder: China's six manned space missionsBeijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2018 Since the establishment of the Taikonaut Corps of the People's Liberation Army in 1998, Chinese taikonauts have completed six manned spaceflights, conducted over 100 scientific experiments and orbit ... more  
Thorium reactors may dispose of enormous amounts of weapons-grade plutoniumTomsk, Russia (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 Scientists from the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering of Tomsk Polytechnic University are developing a technology enabling the creation of high-temperature gas-cool low-power reactors with t ... more  
ULA to market Atlas V commercial launchesCentennial CO (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 United Launch Alliance has assumed responsibility for the marketing and sales of Atlas V, the world's most reliable launch vehicle, from Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services. In addition to pe ... more 
Successful first test for the Ariane 6 Vulcain engineParis (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 The Vulcain 2.1 engine, developed by ArianeGroup to power the main stage of the Ariane 6 launcher, for which the maiden flight is scheduled for 2020, has just been successfully tested by the DLR (Ge ... more |
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 Australia taps Elbit Systems for Blue Force Tracker  
97 Taiwanese arrested in eastern Europe for telecom fraudTaipei (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Nearly one hundred Taiwanese suspected of running telephone scams have been arrested in Slovenia and Croatia, Taiwan said Thursday, the latest fraud bust involving the island's citizens. ... more  
U.S. aircraft carrier set to visit Vietnam for first time since Vietnam War(UPI) Jan 25, 2018 Pentagon officials on Thursday announced plans to deploy a U.S. aircraft carrier to Vietnam, marking the first time a U.S. aircraft carrier has visited the country since the end of the Vietnam War. ... more 
British Royal Navy accepts first River Class offshore patrol vessel from BAEWashington (UPI) Jan 25, 2018 The Britain's Royal Navy accepted its first River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel on Thursday from BAE Systems at the company's Clyde shipyard in Scotland. ... more  |
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China invited to take part in major US-led naval exerciseBeijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 China has been invited to participate in a major US-led naval exercise, Chinese officials said Thursday, despite tensions between Beijing and Washington over activity in the disputed South China Sea. ... more  
Ancient Syria temple damaged in Turkish raidsBeirut (AFP) Jan 28, 2018 Syria's antiquities department and a war monitor on Sunday said a 3,000-year-old temple has been damaged in Turkish air strikes on a Kurdish militia in the country's north. ... more  
Trump says almost 100% of territory regained from ISDavos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 26, 2018 US President Donald Trump said Friday that US-backed coalition forces had won back almost 100 percent of territory occupied by the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. ... more  
Eight dead as US-led strike hits Iraq forcesBaghdad (AFP) Jan 27, 2018 An air strike by the US-led coalition battling the Islamic State group hit Iraqi security personnel on Saturday, officials said, in an apparent mistake that killed eight people. ... more 
Qatar in talks for Russian S-400 missile systemsMoscow (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Qatar is finalising a deal to buy Russian S-400 air defence systems, the isolated Gulf state's ambassador to Moscow said Thursday. ... more 
UN Security Council to inspect 'Iranian-made' missile debrisUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 26, 2018 The UN Security Council will travel to Washington on Monday to inspect debris from missiles allegedly provided by Iran to Yemen's Huthi rebels and hold meetings at the White House, diplomats said. ... more 
Nuclear N.Korea 'immediate challenge' of our time: KissingerWashington (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 North Korea poses the most immediate threat to global security, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger told Congress Thursday, stressing that denuclearization of the regime must be a "fundamental" American foreign policy goal. ... more |
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 NATO takes Russian meddling in polls 'very seriously' 
South Korea demands Japan close museum on disputed islandsTokyo (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 South Korea on Thursday demanded the "immediate closure" of a new Tokyo museum devoted to two sets of disputed islands - just hours after it opened. ... more 
Trump touts 'America First' to sceptical Davos eliteDavos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 26, 2018 US President Donald Trump strode into the lion's den to confront the world's political and business elite on Thursday, as his "America First" administration executes an anti-globalist manifesto in trade, taxes and currency rates. ... more  
Northrop Grumman tapped to service Army's Hunter dronesWashington (UPI) Jan 25, 2018 Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract for engineering services to the U.S. Army's Hunter unmanned aircraft systems. ... more 
India seeks to reduce satellite launch costNew Delhi (Sputnik) Jan 24, 2018 The GSAT-11 to be launched by Arianespace may be India's last communication satellite to use foreign boosters as the country's space agency is set to launch its own rockets with double the payload c ... more |
 Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 26, 2018 
US President Donald Trump said Friday that US-backed coalition forces had won back almost 100 percent of territory occupied by the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
"The coalition to defeat ISIS (IS) has retaken almost 100 percent of the territory once held by these killers in Iraq and Syria," Trump said in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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 Bothell WA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017 
The US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has awarded Lockheed Martin $26.3 million for the design, development and production of a high power fiber laser. AFRL plans to test the laser on a tactical fighter jet by 2021.
The contract is part of AFRL's Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) program, and is a major step forward in the maturation of protective airborne laser systems. ... more |
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